SA, Nigeria dominate global unemployment charts as jobless rate spikes

South Africa’s headline unemployment rate hit a record high of 34.4 percent in the second quarter of 2021

Unemployment rates are skyrocketing in Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, and it is threatening to push both countries to the brink of a deeper socio-economic crisis. South Africa’s headline unemployment rate hit a record high of 34.4 percent in the second quarter of 20

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